cspwal Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Wasn't sure if this really fit into the Photographing Houston Forum, so here's a the skyline of Houston made with Legos Each brick is 3 floors, and the buildings are all about to scale. All proposed developments except 6 Houston center are included, but the skyline ends at Clay street because I ran out of plates to build on Houston Skyline from the West by Christopher Hisle, on Flickr Houston Skyline from the East by Christopher Hisle, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 The heavy desaturation and brightening really washes it out, I'm guessing it was done because you used different colors (I can see some shading differentiations in some towers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Yeah I started with appropriate colors, and then quickly ran out. Half the buildings are unrecognizable with the colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 It's difficult with the type of lego pieces you used, but good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Love it. Really well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 800 Bell St. needs a real smiley face at the top like your rendition does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 It's part of their renovation plans right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 You should do the southwest banc tower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 It's part of their renovation plans right? I think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Also would like to point out the BofA should be the third tallest Downtown. Would have made 1 Shell Plaza a 2x4 also. I know you're working with a limited base (grass), piece, but there should be more than one piece for the street. There are some other buildings that are taller than they should be, including Fulbright, 1 Houston Center, the new residential tower... I don't think the smiley face is on 800 Bell, isn't that Hess Tower? I don't see 800 Bell, is the dark one is the Wedge International correct? Sorry don't take this too seriously. You did a really great job and that last picture looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Yeah I got the Bank of America building scale wildly wrong. I had issues trying to figure out how to do the staggered roof peaks that I didn't think about the height as much as I should have. And yeah the one with the smiley is supposed to be the 40 story block 98 residential tower next to the Hess building. The difference in floor height between parking garages, commercial buildings, and residential buildings seem to be why some of the towers are out of scale. The scale I used was this:1 stud width = a street + sidewalks (I estimated that as about 60 feet)4 stud width = width of a block (which I think is 330 feet in Houston? I read that somewhere a while ago)1 block high = 3 floors. So a 9 story parking garage would be the same height as a 9 story office building. This caused the most problems, and I reduced the size of a lot of the parking garages to try to fit them in with the neighboring buildings If I redo this, it will probably be to a tighter scale actually using feet : inchesOf course I might redo it so that I can make the light rail in there for scale.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Yeah I got the Bank of America building scale wildly wrong. I had issues trying to figure out how to do the staggered roof peaks that I didn't think about the height as much as I should have. And yeah the one with the smiley is supposed to be the 40 story block 98 residential tower next to the Hess building. The difference in floor height between parking garages, commercial buildings, and residential buildings seem to be why some of the towers are out of scale. The scale I used was this: 1 stud width = a street + sidewalks (I estimated that as about 60 feet) 4 stud width = width of a block (which I think is 330 feet in Houston? I read that somewhere a while ago) 1 block high = 3 floors. So a 9 story parking garage would be the same height as a 9 story office building. This caused the most problems, and I reduced the size of a lot of the parking garages to try to fit them in with the neighboring buildings If I redo this, it will probably be to a tighter scale actually using feet : inches Of course I might redo it so that I can make the light rail in there for scale.... And don't forget most of the buildings don't take up a full block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 In my world all buildings have 0 setbacks! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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